Oct. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2973

Clerks of Magistrates’ Courts appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 9th October, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Constable William McLennan

to be Clerk and Bailiff of the Magistrates’ Court at Kaikoura, on and from the 4th day of October, 1926, vice Constable G. F. Hodgson, transferred; and

Constable Herbert James Olsen

to be Clerk and Bailiff of the Magistrates’ Court at Port Awanui on and from the 28th day of September, 1926, vice Constable M. Campbell, transferred.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Clerks of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th October, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

Harold John Worthington

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Oroua, vice A. Whitaker, on leave; and

Harold Vincent Jerred

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Dunedin, Dunedin South, and Chalmers, vice J. McIndoe, on leave.

F. J. ROLLESTON, Minister of Justice.

Appointment of Child Welfare Officers under the Child Welfare Act, 1925.

Education Department,
Wellington, 18th October, 1926.

IN pursuance of section 2 of the Child Welfare Act, 1925, I, Robert Alexander Wright, Minister of Education, do hereby appoint

Name. Address.
Keesing, Felix Maxwell .. Young Men’s Christian Association, Palmerston North,
Harkness, James Hamilton 85 Queen Street, Westport,

as honorary Child Welfare Officers for the purposes of the said Act, for the period of one year from 1st November, 1926.

R. A. WRIGHT, Minister of Education.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 19th October, 1926.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz. :

Roughan Francis Lushanus Munson Christchurch, at New Brighton.*
Maxwell Roy Mildon .. .. Maungakaramea.
Eric Stanley North .. .. Temuka.
Herbert John Thompson .. .. Rangiora.

• Births and Deaths only.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Appointments in the Public Service.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 19th October, 1926.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointments in the Public Service :

William David Lindsay McDonald, Esq.,

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Shearers’ Accommodation Act, 1919, as from the 12th day of October, 1926.

David Hull, Esq.,

to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Dairy Industry Act, 1908, as from the 11th day of October, 1926.

A. C. TURNBULL, Secretary.

Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the N.Z. Military Forces.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 15th October, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the appointments, promotions, resignations, and transfers of the undermentioned officers of the N.Z. Military Forces :

COMMANDS.

Colonel S. S. Allen, C.M.G., D.S.O., the Hauraki Regiment, is appointed to command the Regiment temporarily. Dated 29th September, 1926.

Major R. Milligan, D.S.O., the Regiment of N.Z. Artillery, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, and is appointed to command the Coast Artillery Group, Northern Command. Dated 23rd September, 1926.

2ND N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (QUEEN ALEXANDRA’S WELLINGTON WEST COAST).

Captain T. L. Gibbs (Retired List) to be Captain. Dated 11th October, 1926.

5TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (OTAGO HUSSARS).

2nd Lieutenant L. W. Neill to be Lieutenant. Dated 1st October, 1926.

8TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (NELSON).

Major K. B. Tennent, M.M., is transferred to the 9th N.Z. Mounted Rifles (North Auckland). Dated 11th October, 1926.

Lieutenant W. G. F. Pinkham, D.C.M., M.M., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 9. Dated 2nd October, 1926.

9TH N.Z. MOUNTED RIFLES (NORTH AUCKLAND).

Major K. B. Tennent, M.M., from the 8th N.Z. Mounted Rifles (Nelson) to be Major, with seniority as from the 18th December, 1925.

THE REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Captain D. M. Eckhoff (5th Field Battery) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b) R.D. 5. Dated 7th October, 1926.

2nd Lieutenant P. B. Levy (12th Field Battery) is transferred to the Wellington Regiment. Dated 27th September, 1926.

THE N.Z. INFANTRY.

The Hauraki Regiment.

Colonel S. S. Allen, C.M.G., D.S.O., from the Reserve of Officers, to be Colonel. Dated 29th September, 1926.

2nd Lieutenant J. M. Allen (1st Battalion) to be Lieutenant. Dated 29th September, 1926.

The Wellington Regiment.

Lieutenant L. W. F. Crane ceases to be seconded to the 2nd C. Battalion, and is seconded to the 4th C. Battalion with his original seniority. Dated 7th October, 1926.

2nd Lieutenant P. B. Levy, from the Regiment of N.Z. Artillery, to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is seconded for service with the 2nd C. Battalion. Dated 27th September, 1926.

2nd Lieutenant L. L. J. Du Flou (1st Battalion) is posted to the Retired List under the provisions of G.O. 184/21, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 4th October, 1926.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant D. T. Kelly, from the Canterbury Regiment to be 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, with seniority as from the 5th June, 1925.

The Taranaki Regiment.

Lieutenant T. W. McCaw, M.M., from the Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment, to be Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, with seniority as from the 24th April, 1924.

2nd Lieutenant J. E. Mays (1st Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), R.D. 8. Dated 29th September, 1926.

The Canterbury Regiment.

Lieutenant C. E. H. Naylor (1st Battalion) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class II (b), R.D. 10. Dated 28th September, 1926.

2nd Lieutenant D. T. Kelly (2nd C. Battalion) is transferred to the Wellington West Coast Regiment. Dated 16th September, 1926.

Arthur Cecil Hipwell to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is seconded to the 4th C. Battalion. Dated 27th September, 1926.